Become an Empowered Patient with this New Decision Support App
The Empowered Patient® Decision Support web app is a series of ten questions that help identify areas in which patients may need help and support when making health care decisions. The app produces a...
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Endangered Patients: WA Consumer Forum Explores Ending Medical Harm
Consumers Union’s Safe Patient Project and Washington Advocates for Patient Safety (WAPS) teamed up to host a patient safety forum at the Seattle Public Library to explore ideas for ending patient...
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Consumers Union’s “Ending Medical Harm” Conference Brings Awareness and Action
Consumers Union’s Safe Patient Project held an incredible conference on November 6, 2013 at Columbia University’s School of Journalism in NYC that gathered experts, journalists and activists to...
View ArticleHow To Stay Safe During Your Next Hospital Visit
Interview with manager of Consumers Union's Safe Patient Project, Lisa McGiffert, on hospital Safety.
View ArticleThese people are working to make your health care safer
Consumers Union’s Safe Patient Project hosts a national gathering of patient safety activists from across the country to connect face-to-face, share information and strategize on future work together....
View ArticleVideo: What do we want? Safe health care!
Medical harm is the third leading cause of death in the US. These Safe Patient Project activists are raising a ruckus about it. Post by Consumers Union. Join us in the fight against medical harm! Share...
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3 Hospital Superbugs You Should Know By Name
By NIAID/NIH via Wikimedia Commons Recent Superbug Outbreak Highlights Danger of Antibiotic Resistance Last week, various news outlets reported on a superbug outbreak at UCLA hospital linked to two...
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11 tips for how to complain about your medical care
Photo: Dan Saelinger Advocating for yourself and your loved ones in a health care situation is one of the most important jobs you may ever do. It can be difficult to be an effective advocate because...
View ArticlePush for Cameras in the Operating Room
"A movement is afoot to put cameras in operating rooms around the country, after a woman died from an anesthesia overdose."
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